my rwd nova

[taffnova]

were to start it a started life as what have brought now beeing a proud ebay user i was the proud owner and must admit only bidder on this little gem :) http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0172.jpg
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[mk1nova_rich]

look like you have your work cut out there!! what are your plans engine wise?

[taffnova]

the next stage was to get the whole shell back to metal with four drills and countless wire brush's and hours up on hours and one f*&(ing bad cut http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0192.jpg
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[taffnova]

i found a couple of rotton places which i was so not surprise lol so i got my best welder in the world to come and do the wealding for me the it was all kurust zinc 182 hammerite and stone chip and in side what was engine bay and boot the same but painted a top coathttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0212.jpg
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[Damo]

Did this used to belong to daveylc?

Im sure there was a thread on here about it.

[taffnova]

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[taffnova]

yeah it did i got it off him is he still on here he told me to let him know when i finsh it

[dj_wudgey]

its this one then i recinise this was on here ages back but i gather you were the one to finish it!!

[taffnova]

next was brakes suspension on front i used cav front calipers with ebc yellow stuff brake pads and ebc groved and drilled disc and harry hockley bias pedal box and fk coilovershttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0275.jpg
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[taffnova]

yeah i was one finish it i didnt do thread while doing it cause had every night in garage and every day off since dec 08 lol

[auzzy-b]

Awesome mate always wanted to see a rear wheel drive Nova build!! Good luck with it all I'll be keeping my eye out for updates:)

[taffnova]

the next thing to do was rebulid the e16se i had so we could see were engine mounts go that was easy part took a whole day was nice to do some thing differ tha a drill with a wire brush dying to cut me again i had everything new from shells to oil pump i bust a fast rod piper cam and vernier pull with twin 40 webbershttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0424.jpg
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[Iain]

Nice work. What did you use to get it all back to bare metal?

[taffnova]

next was change gear box to hydrolic but with a quick ten min change of thrus bearing of corsa c new cylinder and pipe was in stall f13 cr boxhttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0430.jpg
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[taffnova]

wire brush on drill mate always were glove got scar to prove what happens plus rip tendents in hand took long time to recover proper lol

[taffnova]

with engine in thanks to my super mate welder again time for rear suspension i put in corsa c subrake and corsa c front hubs and coil overs as for barkes what a night mare i had to have hubs plugged and redrilled to 90mm space for caliper bolts used mk5 astra lucas rear calipers with red stuff pads then had to use pug 106 3 stud disc get them re drilled to four stud to get to fit and workhttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0462.jpg
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[Lee]

So are you going to run FWD geometry on the front then?

The back end does look good :0

[taffnova]

next job was to run new fuel brake and clucth pipe through the car i but in hydrolic handbrake as well as mechanical then had to make a bracket for the clutch master cylinderRIMG0298.jpg

[taffnova]

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http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0298.jpgmy comp going really slow so bear with me lol yeah running fwd geometry peter needham set my suspension up it handles like a dream

[taffnova]

i gonna have to finish this off tomoz cause comp really slow and losing temper with it i dont do technolgy that why stayed old skool finish off over weekend

[burgo]

my good god your fecking nuts taking it back to metal like that, fair play though, tis what i need to do to both of mine i just cant be arsed, +rep for that alone

[taffnova]

next stage was wiring which straight forward juat revesed engine loom and put the das in i opt for the gsi dash with the digi gauges as the normhttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0493.jpg
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[taffnova]

the gear change was the next challange i rang vauxhall to see what they used on vx220 but as its lotus based i had to ring lotus after the shock of 2k for the set up i thought that they only use rover parts on lotus and thought they prop use mgf gear mech and cable so i used two long cable as they have one long and one short and modifed the vauxhall mech to attach cableshttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0513.jpg

[taffnova]

i then sent it to awe in droitwich Eawe-ltd@btconnect.com to do me a alloy fuel tank with baffle in side and a stainless manifold and exhaust what a fantastic job they di and in quick turn over and good pricehttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0557.jpg
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[taffnova]

now down to the water pipes my plan was run them up exhaust tunnel but the hand brake cables and gear cables had no choice but in car i used copper pipes so i could solder ther joints thanks to good mate he sorted them out and tought me how to solder for cooling i used a nova diesal rad and two kenlow slim fans i have fitted a secondry elecwater pump which i gonna take back off as there no need for ithttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0559.jpg
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[bmw156]

good to see someone actually doing something with this. and looking to finish it.

[taffnova]

after the i put all fluid in was and turn her over with out plugs in to get oil pressure up i had to manually fill up oil pump it started on third go my bigest problem was air lock put after a surgestion of jacking the back off car up as high as possible that went in 20mins i then did the body work done the arches were put on ant the wings i prep it in primer my mate then took to mec motorsport in chealtnem to get it set up as it was rolling up as it a new engine he set it up and told me to runn it in for 500 miles before taking it back to be tuned uphttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0527.jpg
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[taffnova]

mikr turbo got me a sprayer he finsed off the prep and made the rear arches look like they were mwnt to be there i had car back at 2o'clock sat and but sunday night it was ready for road so on the first of may it was offically on road i had suspension set up on the 6th which was done buy pete needham handles like a dream this is finish article thanks for your timr reading this any your comments me and mike turbo weraing ear plugs to pvs lol thanks to all mates that help http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0607.jpg
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[Lee]

Excellent work!

[Danny s-p]

hi mate look really good. and how much did the main end and big end bearings cost plus the piston rings. have some rep for the good work

[Benn]

Awesome build dude, glad you got the hang of auto focus in the end that was killing me.

[Spudly]

This car is awesome and i really cant wait to have a look round it at the shows, good work dude:thumb:

[nova-taken]

Thats mental!!!!



I want one!!

[taffnova]

cause work in motor trade i got every thing good price every thing cost £400 that valves valve springs collets followers big end main bearings piston ring oil pump gaskets head bolts etc

[Jim Mcrae]

Awesome mate, nice to see the progress you have made, I bought your mk1 back in july and was impressed with it then, but now its looking the business, nice one.

[novalovingned]

love it :)

[taffnova]

jim mcrae you still got the nova man forgot about that little gem

[NovaLad]

Brilliant work!!!
Get a vid up of it running/being driven.

[ednovasr2]

That is one truely impressive build with loads of trick fabrication Top build, Can't wait to see it in the flesh at shows

[muzzy]

Never noticed this before, awesome work. Engine looks right at home in the back of the car.

[taffnova]

fitted poly carb windows today what a night mare the rear window took nearly hour thought gonna break was u shape at on point thanks for comments

[taffnova]

AHH DISASATER my F*&king shelf fell down and dented my bonnet back to the body shop for me i fitted hid last night too why it happen after been painted

[Iain]

Bad luck mate, on the bright side at least it's only the bonnet :) Car looks great, nice work.

[Jim Mcrae]

Yeah still got her, dunno what to do with it now, might have to sell up :(

[mowgli]

keep a close eye on the copper pipes, the joints don't like being flexed very much.

[taffnova]

i secured them so they dont move i hope plus to rad flexi pipe but will do incase thanks

Mcrae Why the sell up

[mowgli]

taff, keep a close eye on them over time. i've seen stropn steel pipes getting stress cracks before, for no apparent reason.

i toyed with the idea of old skoda 120 pipes for a job like this, but they would most likely have to be imported....there are no rwd skodas any more

[dj_wudgey]

gutted about the bonnet mate but it can be sorted!!

[taffnova]

my nic enew bonnet arrived this morning so hope fully be ready for pvs retrimmed door cardshttp://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b468/taffnova/RIMG0568.jpg
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[DaveyLC]

Great to see the car went to a good home mate :) Because I never heard from you after you bought it I had visions of it rusting away in someones garden :(

[Mazz]

Nope, its well an truly alive!

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[taffnova]

wicked pic lol forgot my camera lol live and kicking and purring

[Mazz]

btw, has Mike got pics of his new project?

[taffnova]

no not yet gone to dark side lol ford

[taffnova]

done 600 miles now took nearlytwo and half months off tho rollers wed for final set up

[taffnova]

had my final roling road today expecting 120bhp had bit of surprise 132bhp and 130lb torque well happy with result

[Mazz]

Thats really good dude :) E16 with T40's isn't it?

[The Simps]

Cool project this mate. How does it handle? Very tail happy?

[taffnova]

handles really well had suspention set by pete needham who does hill/sprint climbing and circuit racing i really cant fault it so predictable if you want it tail happy just tap the pedal and you can get it round but if you want it to go round a courner with out skipping out sticks like s*&t to a blanket

[Mike]

Did I spy this on eBay the other evening for £10k?

[taffnova]

yeah aint gonna have time to use it next year want some one who gonna use it for what i built it for im at a loss at this

[Mazz]

dude, why's it for sale :(

[Shaun]

how much is it up for?

edit just noticed 10k

[Mazz]

yep

[taffnova]

just update i just had gear box recondition and a 4.18 final drive put in and lighten and balanced the fly wheel now thae car complete and ready for sale

[taffnova]

any one intreted open to sensible offers pm me